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Unit 5
Unit 5
What an adventure!
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
To read the brief introduction to Jules Verne and know his works.
To know something about Twenty Thousand League Under the Sea.
To learn to guess the meanings of new words.
To learn to express your opinion about an adventure trip.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French writer best known for his adventure stories. Often called the “Father of Science Fiction”, Verne described in his stories technology and inventions years before they became realities.
Read the short introduction to Jules Verne and answer the questions.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
Verne’s most famous books:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1873)
What is Jules Verne famous for
How do people call him
What is special about Jules Verne
4. Have you read any stories written by Jules Verne What are they about
5. What amazing things do you think you might find in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Here is a short film video adapted from the book.
Pictures from the movie
Read the passage and underline the key sentences of each paragraph. Find out what the author intends to tell us.
本文语篇类型为科幻故事。根据法国作家Jules Verne的科幻小说《海底两万里》的选段改写，通过Aronnax教授等人跟随Nemo船长在海底漫步的视角，呈现了海底的景色，着重描述了阳光透过水面的光线变化和在海床上行走的感觉。
Words are not enough to relate such wonders!
The light, which lit the soil thirty feet below the surface of the ocean, astonished me by its power.
The author intends to tell us the amazing scenery under the sea.
Complete the table with expressions from the passage.
Adventures under the sea
Actions
walking on fine, even sand
Feelings
astonished me not wrinkled, as on a flat shore
as if I was in broad daylight
walked under the waters
no longer felt the weight
Views
solar rays shone through the watery mass easily
Beyond that the colors darkened into fine shades of deep blue, and gradually disappeared.
This dazzling carpet drove away the rays of the sun with wonderful intensity…
Above me was the calm surface of the sea.
Choose the best answers.
1. Who was found working on the submarine
Pierre Aronnax, the biologist professor.
B. Nemo, the captain.
C. Conseil, the servant.
D. Ned Land, the whale hunter.
2. Why weren’t the three new passengers permitted to leave the submarine
To keep a secret. B. To enjoy more undersea scenes.
C. To help the captain Nemo. D. To take more adventures.
3. Why was Ned different from the other two passengers
He enjoyed the adventures most.
He thought only of running away.
He was in charge of the submarine.
He was attacked by the terrible creature.
4. What was not described in the words of Aronnax
The solar rays in the sea. B. The sand under the sea.
C. The colors of the sea water. D. The temperature of the sea.
Read the passage carefully to understand each word and each sentence’s meaning.
When reading an unfamiliar word, first try to use the context of the sentence or passage to infer its meaning. Then think about what other words would make sense in the sentence. Parts of the word, such as prefixes, word roots and suffixes, can also be used to try and work out its meaning.
猜测生词词义
猜测词义：一、构词法；二、定义或解释；三、上下文语境。
第二段reflector。根据drove away the rays of the sun及词根reflect，结合后缀-or可推测reflector反射器。
第一段helmet。其后的定语从句inside which my head ... 是对helmet进行解释说明，可推测helmet头盔。
第二段distinguished。这一段主要描述Aronnax在水下看到的太阳光线及视觉感受。通过上下文，可以提取出与distinguished相关的信息：clearly, at a distance of a hundred and fifty yards, see, in broad daylight，描绘了水下光线极好，视野广阔清晰，猜出distinguished为动词，看清楚；辨别。
Guess the meaning of the underlined words.
1. Biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax and his servant, Conseil, join a ship to find and kill the creature.
通过其后的同位语Conseil以及词根serve和后缀- ant猜测出servant：与服务有关的人，仆人
servant n. a person who is employed in another person’s house, doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning
从下文中对海底世界的描绘可以看出对这样的美景是语言无法描写的。
2. Words are not enough to relate such wonders!
relate v. give an account of facts, experiences, etc; tell a story etc. 叙述，讲
connect in thought or meaning 相联系，有关联
3. The solar rays shone through the watery mass easily, and consumed all color, and I clearly distinguished objects at a distance of a hundred and fifty yards.
通过上下文，可以提取出与distinguished相关的信息：clearly, at a distance of a hundred and fifty yards, see, in broad daylight，描绘出水下的光线极好，视野广阔清晰，可以猜测distinguished看清楚，辨别。
What does the author mean by “Words are not enough to relate such wonders”
The author means that the views underwater are so beautiful and such experience is so unique that he can’t find enough and proper words to describe them.
2. What do you think will happen next in the story Share your ideas with the class.
3. What do you know about the world beneath the surface of the oceans
Tips: We can get information of the underwater world in the geography class or the biology class.
4. Why do you think people want to explore this underwater world
Tips: Maybe underwater world has a point that attracts them most.
the place where I go and when I go
the views that I have never seen in other places
people’s activities that I have never experienced
what I think about the things and people I meet
transport
How to record your adventure
Imagine you are the marine biologist from the story walking on the sea bed. Talk about your experiences.
1. Plan your conversation by answering the questions.
What did you wear and how did you breathe
Who did you go with
What did you see
How did you feel
your experience
what you see
what you hear
what you feel
what conclusion can you get
2. Have the conversation with your partner. Take turns asking each other questions and respond to your partner’s comments.
3. Give your talk to the class.
阅读短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Antarctica is a place of extremes. It is the coldest, highest, driest and windiest continent on Earth. Antarctica is a continent 1. ________ (cover) by an inland ice sheet up to 4.8km thick, 2. ________ (hold) about 90% of the world’s fresh water. The ice sheet is 3. ________ heavy that it has pushed the land below sea level in places.
The South Pole is 1, 235km from the closest coastline and is located high on the polar plateau ( 高原) (height 2, 800m).
covered
holding
so
Here it may be as cold as - 75℃ , but the world record 4. ________ (low) temperature is from an even more remote Antarctic station, Vostok, 5. ________ recorded a temperature of -89℃.
Only about 0.4% of the surface of Antarctica is free 6. ________ snow and ice. The tops of mountains stick up through the ice — the highest is Mount Vinson, 4,900m above sea level.
Britain has played 7. ________ major role in the exploration and study of Antarctica.
lowest
which
of / from
a
Captain James Cook was the first person 8. ________ (cross) the Antarctic circle in the 1770s. Later explorations involved searching for commercial ( 商业的) opportunities, 9. ________ (usual) hunting for seals or whales. At the start of the twentieth century, explorers Scott and Shackleton made 10. ________ (science) explorations, a tradition which continues to the present.
to cross
usually
scientific
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
—Jules Verne
Write a short summary in 60 words about the passage. Try to use as many new words and expressions as you can.
